Improvement in house trimmings



LR. WEBBER.

House Trimming.

No. 99,798. Patented Feb. 15, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 99,798, dated February 15, 1870. A

IMPROVEMENT IN -HOUSE TRIMMING-S.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and. making part. of the same To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that- I, J. R; witness, of Morris, in the county ofGruudy, and State of Illinois, have invented an Improvement in Fitting. House Trimmings for Plastering; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is afull and exact description thereof, which willenable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and letters marked thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a box-casing, constructed according to my plan;

Figure 2, a section of the same.

The nature of the present invention consists in so grooving out the backcorner ol' casings, base, and other house trimmings as to receive the'ends or sides of lath, as the case may be, and also receive so much of the mortar as to form a chink under the casing, as the whole is hereinafter fully described.

A A A A represent a box-casing', fastened to studs B B- B in the usual manner.

The back edges, "or those edges against which the mortar and lath are put, are so grooved out, as shown in both figures, as to lap over the mortar, and thus hold it in place. i

'This peculiar kind of finish istobe used more espe* cially where there are no plastering grounds. and where the joiner-work of a house is to be finished before plastering, as is frequentlythecase in the construction of cottages. i

The advantage of the improvement consists in bolding the mortar in place adjoining wood, and especially around doors' where it first becomes loosened, and in forming a close joint, notwithstanding the easings base may shrink.

'At fig. 2. the casings A, lath G, and two coats of lnortar, X E, are drawn half of the usual thickness,

and form a suitable guide for practically doing the work.

mortar and shut out the air quite as well. as work pro vided with grounds, whileat the same time the expense of making the grooves D is merely nomina'.

Having thus described my invention,

What I-claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Providing casings and other similar house trimmings, which are to be secured flat to the studs or wall, with grooves on the outer back corners to receive the lath and plaster and hold them in place, as and For the purpose described. 7

- J R. WEBBER.

Witnesses 5 OH. GOULD, J. NV, ELLIs.

As a whole, this finish will be found to hold the 

